Russia’s defense ministry said it launched a Soyuz-2 rocket from the State Plesetsk Cosmodrome on Saturday, December 2, carrying a military satellite into space.
The medium-ranged rocket was the fourth launch from the Plesetsk military facility, according to Russian state media. The cosmodrome is 490 miles directly north of Moscow, in Archangelsk. Credit: Russian Ministry of Defense via Storyful
